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Course Details:
Course Details:
Grades: 9-10
Length: one semester
Prerequisites: none
Course Description:
Course Description:
This course explores the world through various climate, cultural, economic, and political structures.
While the grade/course level competencies are required, the content objectives are suggested pathways that move learners toward competency and the achievement of performance indicators.
While the grade/course level competencies are required, the content objectives are suggested pathways that move learners toward competency and the achievement of performance indicators.
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Historical
GL.3 The learner will understand how historical events impact the modern era by applying historical inquiry skills in order to understand the forces of change and make informed decisions.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.26 The learner will demonstrate knowledge of the environmental and cultural, political, and economic factors that shape an area, in order to evaluate global problems and propose solutions.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Explain the cause and effect relationships of significant historical events and present-day events, including how Indigenous names for locations may be changed and/or restored.
Standards:
Standards:
NCSS
II-III & VI
C3
D2.Geo.5.9-12, D2.Civ.14.9-12, D2.His.1-2.9-12
AK Cultural
A.5, 7, E.3, 5
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Social Studies Processes, Knowledge, and Skills
GL.4 The learner will develop research skills by selecting, evaluating, and synthesizing information from varied sources in order to effectively communicate using reasoning and sufficient evidence, both orally and in writing.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.27 The learner will use qualitative and quantitative data to make analysis and predictions, in order to be informed about data.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Read, analyze, and evaluate current events, and come up with and defend solutions to problems.
Standards:
Standards:
NCSS
I-X
C3
D2.Geo.9.9-12, D2.His. 14.9-12, D2.His.17.9-12
AK Cultural
E.4
Suggested Activities, Materials, and Resources:
Suggested Activities, Materials, and Resources:
Kids Voting
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Geography
GL.6 The learner will understand their place in the world and interdependent relationships by using geographic reasoning and thinking skills in order to evaluate global problems and propose solutions.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.28 The learner will use geographic inquiry processes and skills to ask questions, organize and analyze information, answer questions, and communicate findings in print and digital formats, in order to evaluate global problems and propose solutions.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Utilize maps, graphs, and other visual data to evaluate the world and to make reasoned predictions.
Identify unique human and physical features, and describe their impact upon cultural diffusion.
Standards:
Standards:
NCSS
III & X
C3
D2.Geo.1-3.9-12,
D2.His.1.9-12
AK Cultural
A.1, E.2
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.29 The learner will understand natural forces and changes and how these effect physical and human environments, in order to make informed political and economic decisions.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Identify the unique human and physical features, and describe their significance and impact upon cultural diffusion.
Standards:
Standards:
NCSS
II & IV-V
C3
D2.Geo.12.9-12
AK Cultural
A.1, E.2
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.30 The learner will understand the relationship between human and physical geography, in order to make informed decisions.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Understand the unique elements of various cultures in order to understand the economic, political, and social impacts.
Standards:
Standards:
NCSS
III, V, & IX
C3
D2.Geo.4.9-12,
D2.Geo.6.9-12
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.31 The learner will read, interpret, construct, use, and apply information from a variety of maps, charts, globes, and navigational tools.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Construct, apply, and interpret charts and graphs.
Construct, apply, and interpret a variety of maps and their components.
Standards:
Standards:
C3
D2.Geo.1-6.6-8
Graduate - Level Competency:
Graduate - Level Competency:
Economics
GL.8 The learner will assess personal, national, and global economic decisions by applying financial literacy knowledge and economic principles in various systems in order to make informed budgetary decisions.
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.32 The learner will apply knowledge of the physical environment to resource management, planning, and conservation in order to make more informed decisions.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Trace the movement and/or restriction of people, goods, and ideas that contribute or diminish global connections.
Standards:
Standards:
NCSS
II, VII, & IX
C3
D2.Geo.6.9-12,
D2.Geo.10.9-12,
D2.Civ.14.9-12
AK Cultural
A.1, D.5, E.2
Course/Grade Competency:
Course/Grade Competency:
WS.33 The learner will gain knowledge of spatial patters of economic activity, cultural groups, social issues, and international well-being in order to make informed decisions.
Content Objectives:
Content Objectives:
The learner will:
Understand current environmental, social, and economic problems, and evaluate and defend potential solutions.
Standards:
Standards:
NCSS
III, VII, & IX-X
C3
D2.Geo.8.9-12
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